Insight

It has been a year of increased scrutiny for the way companies conduct themselves and their impact on wider society, environmentally and socially. The European Parliament has taken a historic stand against single-use plastic pollution, while calls for action on global warming have never been

We all know what the Budget did for residential property owners (correct answer: not much) but it’s worth understanding the politics behind some of Philip Hammond’s decisions to gauge what’s likely to happen in the future.

Palace Capital trio Neil Sinclair, Richard Starr and Stephen Silvester have built up a £140m business from a standing start in 2010. They reveal to Simon Creasey how they plan to grow it into a £500m one.